NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Nissan Sentra Recalls
The 2009 Nissan Sentra has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 10, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Nissan Sentra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 55
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Nissan Sentra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 Nissan Sentra
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V401000
- Reported
- September 10, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2008, 2010 Sentra, 5 other models
2009 Nissan Sentra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 55 owner complaints about the 2009 Nissan Sentra, the newest on June 3, 2024. Of these, 9 describe a crash (16%); owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2009 Nissan Sentra, the component group named most often is the air bags (27%), followed by the steering (20%) and the service brakes (13%).
The 2009 Nissan Sentra's only recall does not concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Nissan Sentra owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags15
- Steering11
- Service Brakes7
- Electrical System6
- Structure6
- Suspension5
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Nissan Sentra peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 11. 22% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Nissan Sentra drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Nissan Sentra year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Nissan Sentra years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 55 complaints about the 2009 Nissan Sentra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Sentra by model year
Other 2009 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: June 3, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted